BloomTech publishes its CCAT pass mark: 23 correct answers out of 50

BloomTech admits through the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test and publishes its cut-off: 23 correct out of 50. Our CCAT practice test uses the same 50-question, 15-minute format and reports a raw score out of 50, so you can see directly how far you sit above or below that line.

Our questions are original and our percentile is an estimate from our own users, not Criteria's norm group. We do not cover the rest of BloomTech's application, and its course catalog says the CCAT is not required for every course, so check which rule applies to yours.

Criteria's sample score report puts the median at 24 correct, the 50th percentile. BloomTech's bar of 23 therefore sits just below the middle of the people Criteria uses for comparison. In plain terms, an average performance on an average day should get you through.

The catch is the clock. Fifty items in fifteen minutes leaves eighteen seconds each, and most people do not finish. Twenty-three right answers usually means attempting thirty or more questions, because some of your attempts will be wrong. Speed and steady guessing matter as much as accuracy.

BloomTech says only your raw score, the number of questions you got right, decides whether you advance. Percentiles and the other figures Criteria reports to organizations do not enter into it. That makes the target unusually concrete: get twenty-three right.

BloomTech also says it does not share scores with applicants, so you will learn whether you moved on, not how close you were. Our CCAT practice test gives you a raw score out of 50, which is the number you need to watch while you prepare.

BloomTech's free-trial page says you can take the CCAT as many times as you need. That is rare; many organizations allow one attempt every few months. It removes the pressure of a single high-stakes sitting.

Use it well. Retaking straight after a miss rarely helps, because the same pacing mistakes repeat. Take a day, review which question family cost you most, practise it, and then try again with a clear plan for the clock.

A published cut-off lets you plan backwards. If you answer about three in four correctly in practice, you need to attempt around thirty-one questions to reach 23. Divide the clock accordingly: roughly half a minute per question, with any leftover time spent guessing the rest.

• Bank the quick verbal items (antonyms, analogies) without second-guessing.
• Cap any math or spatial puzzle at about a minute, then guess and move on.
• Watch the counter at the halfway mark: you want roughly fifteen or more attempted by minute seven or eight.
• Fill every blank in the final seconds; wrong answers cost nothing.

These come from anonymous reviews, university careers pages and prep guides. They often disagree, and BloomTech has not confirmed them. Read them as leads, not rules.

• JobTestPrep repeats the 23 out of 50 cut-off in its BloomTech review.
• A 2020 BloomTech data science article mentions a score of at least 11 out of 15, which prep sites take to be an older format.